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Ho had not even the price of a little
tobacco left him not a single kopek
piece He had ruined himself by try
ing to realize practically the dreams
which had disquieted him all his life
Jewiih Advocate
SAN ANTONIO
JEWISH LITERARY CLUB PICNIC
The annual picnic of the Jewish Lit
erary Club will be held Sunday June
4 1911 at Sutherland Springs Tex
The following committee was ap
pointed to complete arrangements and
have charge of the picnic Mrs N E
Alterman chairman Misses Nettie
Sellinger and Theresa Arbetter Messrs
Leon L Henry and B A Wiederman
This committee in turn has appointed
a subcommittee to assist them to carry
out the plans A basket picnic has been
decided upon and each gentleman has
arranged to have company for the day
thereby assuring the committees suc
cess An interesting program has been
completed and cinsists of games con
tests races bathing and dancing
Prizes will be awarded to the differ
ent winners of the games and races
The committee lias made reservations
tor special coaches and have announced
the following schedule
Trains leave S P depot for Suther
land Springs 800 a m sharp return
ing leaves 600 p m and 830 p m
With the weather permitting there is
no doubt but what this picnic will sur
pass all previous picnics given by the
club
J L C BOYS DANCE
The Turner hall was the scene of a
dance Sunday night May 21 given by
the boys of the Jewish Literary Club
when a large number whiled away the
hours in pleasant pastime It was the
regular monthly dance given by the
boys and was greatly enjoyed by about
sixty couples The program carried
sixteen regular and four extra dances
The following committee are responsi
ble for the success of the dance Ben
Adler B A Wiederman Morris No
vich and Wm B Weininger
The next dance will be given by the
boys about the middle of June
JEWISH LITERARY CLUB MEETING
The meeting of the Jewish Literary
Club held last Thursday night was one
of best attended meetings of the club
and the program unsurpassed Each
participant on the program received
great applause and favorable comment
from the audience
H A Hirscchberg entertained with
a very scholarly lecture on the criminal
laws of our country in which he prov
ed to the audience that crime in the
United States was on the increase He
also pointed out the defects in the
different laws of our country relating
to the regulation of Juries and also
regarding the appeal laws and show
ed the audlepce where and how they
could be remedied Mr Hirschberg
compared crime and laws of the Unit
ed States with those of Great Britain
in which he showed that Great Britain
has less crime and better criminal
laws
The entire lecture was very interest
ing and well received by all present
Miss Conring and Miss Mamie Sel
linger accompanied by Miss Beatrice
Burg entertained the audience with
two violin selections Following the
meeting the crowd enjoyed themselves
at dancing and remained in the club
rooms until a late hour
The next regular meeting of the club
will be held June 8th No meeting will
be called Thursday June 1 in observ
ance of the Jewish holiday Shabuoth
GIRLS SOCIAL CIRCLE
Twentyfive girls nil members of
the Jewish Literary Club met at the
home of Mrs N E Alterman Sunday
afternoon May 21 1911 and formed a
club called the Girls Society Circle
Miss Elizabeth Wolse was appointed
chairman The meeting was in re
sponse to a called communication The
foremost object of the circle is to pro
mote a greater social spirit between
the young Jewish people of San Anto
nio and In order to do so the circle will
THE JEWISH HERALD
entertain informally as often as twice
a month each member thereof taking
her turn in entertaining
San Antonio has long felt the need
of such a society for aside from the
Jewish Literary Club it has hardly any
other means of steady social inter
course between its young Jewish peo
ple
The entertainments or gatherings
of this circle taken into conjunction
with the weekly meetings of the Jew
ish Literary Club the monthly dances
given by the boys and besides various
social activities among our people
should in a short time form a perfect
friendship and social spirit among the
young people and in this manner keep
us together
BEAUMONT
Mrs Rosa Philipson complimented
her daughterinlaw Mrs H A Phil
ipbon by inviting several extra guests
to her card party Tuesday afternoon
when the members of the Tuesday
Bridge met with her Six tables were
required to accommodate the play
ers and the favors fell to Mesdames
V S Martin L Mayer and the hos
tess After the game a two course
luncheon was served Besides the
members the following enjoyed this
hospitality Mesdames J J Nathan J
S Gordon J M Conley F S Martin
Win Gusfield Misses Edyth Hecht
Rosalie Mothner and Hattie Szafir
Mrs Sidney Mayer and daughter
Henrietta are visiting relatives in
Galveston Mrs E Heyman of Gal
veston is enjoying the hospitality of
Mis J J Nathan Mr Harris Zeve
will leave Thursday tor Nacogdoches
to attend the wedding of his sister
Miss Evelyn to Mr Max Flaxman of
Houston Sunday Mr L Goldenberg
of Alexandria La arrived Sunday and
has accepted a position with Mr M
Hecht Mr J J Nathan left Sat
urday night tor New York where he
will purchase his Fall Stock Miss
Pauline Silber will leave the latter part
of this week for Houston where she
will visit friends tor a few days
Miss Irma Levy is home from New
Orleans where she has been attending
Sophie Newcomb College Miss
Rosalie Mothner was among the ex
cursionist to Shreveport Saturday
night returning home Monday Miss
Leola Edmunds of Houston arrived
Tuesday and is visiting Mrs Clyde W
Woodburn Mr and Mrs Wolf
Hecht and Miss Tliekla Harrison spent
Saturday in Port Arthur The wed
ding of MiBS Mollle Rudnick of this
city to Mr Jacob Rudnick of Houston
will be celebrated here Sunday after
noon at six thirty oclock at the Con
servatory of Music The only at
tendants will be Miss Tillie Jacobs of
Houston maidofhonor and Mr Rud
nick of Houston best man Mr
and Mrs L Pearl and children will
leave Tuesday next for Galveston
where they will attend the wedding of
their niece Miss Pearl to Mr Sig
mund Scher of Houston which will be
celebrated on the eleventh Mrs H
Burkenroad left Saturday for Tyler to
attend the SimonHolland wedding
Miss Julia Tennenbaum leaves
Wednesday for Nacogdoches for a few
days visit
ORANGE
Mrs Joe Miller Miss Etta Miller
and Mr Maurice Miller are enjoying
a very pleasant visit in Little Rock
and Hot Springs Arkansas Mr
Jack Jacobson will leave shortly for
Port Arthur where he has accepted
a position with the B Sachs Furni
ture Store Sunday night services
were held by Rabbi H Rosenwasser of
Baton Rouge La which was enjoyed
by the congregation The many
lriends of Mr and Mrs Max H Miller
and family regret very much to learn
of their contemplated departure for El
Paso Texas where they will reside
Messrs Leo LemleyJack Steeg
popular night of the GrlpB out of New
Orleans La paid the Orange Mer
chants a visit Mr Joe Miller has
just received his five passenger Cadal
lac which has been very much ad
mired We are glad to welcome a
new comer in our midst Mr B Good
man of Beaumont having recently
purchased The Miller Grain Co for
merly owned by Max H Miller Wo
are Indeed sorry to chronicle the Ill
ness of Mrs A Cohen and hope for
her a speediy recovery Miss Nelda
KaiBer of New Orleans La Is a very
pleasant visitor in our city to Mr and
Mrs Miller and family Mr and
Mrs M B Arronson and fanniy will
leave shortly for New York and Eu
rope Bon Voyage Miss Julia Mil
ler Is visiting in San Antonio and will
leave shortly for Brownsville Texas
to be the guest of Miss Julia Bollack
The many friends of Mr A Gug
genhoimer Mid family extend to them
their heart felt sympathy in their re
cent bereavement in the loss of wife
and mother Mrs Gugenheimer hav
ing been a resident of our city for
a number of years Miss Nathalie
Mossiker has returned from Oklahoma
City where she attended school tho
past year
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